Well, I couldn’t resist and downloaded Untamed Heart by Ally Blue on Friday. Gobbled it right up. In Untamed Heart, we get romantic suspense, Alaska, assassins, damaged characters and healing. It’s all told in one hero’s, Leon’s, point of view (third person), and I liked that in this book. It allowed us to learn about Grim in a way that felt natural, as Leon learned about it, as Grim’s backstory slowly unfolded. I also totally loved the connection between Grim and Leon which grew throughout the book. It was sexual, of course, but more than that. I couldn’t put it down and the pacing was excellent.
A while ago I read Josh Lanyon’s “Cards on the Table”, part of the Partners in Crime anthology put out by Loose Id. It’s a mystery romance, with a civilian and cop falling for each other. These two men have a (brief) past together, which we slowly learn about. Told in first person, so obviously from one hero’s point of view, this technique works really well because there are things Tim, the narrator, isn’t telling us. I liked the way we learned what was going on in his life, and also what exactly was his past history with Jack. Because at the beginning of the story Tim shies away from thinking/telling the reader what happened. I completely fell for Tim who had the right combination of vulnerability and contrariness to make him an attractive and interesting narrator. This story really pulled on my heart strings.
For a more in-depth review of “Cards on the Table” go to Book Utopia Mom. (She also reviews the other story in the antho, but I haven’t read “Murder at the Heartbreak Hotel” yet.)
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